#8A8D37#8A8D37

#8A8D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D37
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 44%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.81, -13.03, 44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.81, 46.18, 106.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0391 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.109 111)
XYZ	xyz(20.6963, 24.7293, 7.2967)
Luminance	0.2473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D37 #3A378D

analogous

#8D6537 #8A8D37 #5F8D37

triadic

#8A8D37 #378A8D #8D378A

tetradic

#8A8D37 #378D65 #3A378D #8D375F

square

#8A8D37 #378D65 #3A378D #8D375F

split-complementary

#8A8D37 #375F8D #65378D

monochromatic

#343515 #5F6126 #8A8D37 #B4B849 #C6C975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8A8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D37

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D37	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98893C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeae72',
    500: '#8a8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d37;
$custom-light: #aeae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.093,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62318,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.24729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D37

secondary

#706EB2

accent

#54D459

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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